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Koppers Holdings Inc.

MaterialsFurniture & Building
Ticker KOPPITTSBURGH, PAFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $20.98Diluted shares 19.2M

Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: KOP) is an integrated global provider of treated wood products, wood preservation chemicals and carbon compounds for railroad, utility, construction, residential lumber, agriculture, aluminum, steel and other markets. It operates through three segments: Railroad and Utility Products and… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Koppers Holdings Inc. reported revenue of $1.91B, down 0.9% from a year earlier, and a net loss of $96.00M. Its operating margin was −3.3%, and operations generated $172.00M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $1.88B, down 10.2% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $56.00M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-09-30
Sales & profitability
$1.88BFY2025
−10.2% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.91B
8.93%FY2025
+1.8 percentage points
Last 12 mo -3.34%
$56.00MFY2025
+15.2% year over year
Last 12 mo $-96.00M
15.99%FY2025
+2.8 percentage points
Last 12 mo 45.70%
Cash & financing
$122.50MFY2025
+2.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $172.00M
$67.50MFY2025
+60.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $120.50M
1.60FY2025
Was 1.90× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 2.21
20.4MFY2025
−4.2% year over year
Last 12 mo 19.2M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Koppers Holdings Inc. does

In the company’s own words

Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: KOP) is an integrated global provider of treated wood products, wood preservation chemicals and carbon compounds for railroad, utility, construction, residential lumber, agriculture, aluminum, steel and other markets. It operates through three segments: Railroad and Utility Products and Services, which supplies treated railroad ties and utility poles, rail products and inspection services; Performance Chemicals, which makes wood preservatives and fire-retardant chemicals; and Carbon Materials and Chemicals, which produces creosote, carbon pitch, naphthalene and carbon black feedstock from coal tar. The segments are vertically integrated in areas including creosote and copper-based preservatives used in wood treatment. Products reach customers through manufacturing and distribution operations in North America, South America, Australasia and Europe. Key brands include MicroPro, MicroShades and FlamePro. Koppers had 1,859 employees as of December 31, 2025, and reported 2025 net sales of approximately $2.1 billion. Its website is www.koppers.com.

Company details
Sector
Materials
Industry (SIC)
Furniture & Building
Headquarters
PITTSBURGH, PA
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1315257
SIC
2400

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2011–2025 · USD
$-321.02M$354.04M$1.03B$1.70B$2.38B201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Koppers Holdings Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

247
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$391.36M
held by funds, at market
48.2%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Koppers Holdings Inc.’s weight in each

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
IJR · iShares Trust
0.05%of fund net assets
Undiscovered Managers Behavioral Value Fund
UBVLX · UNDISCOVERED MANAGERS FUNDS
0.38%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF
AVUV · American Century ETF Trust
—of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.03%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Could not be determined for this company: bond issues.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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